Qatar Airways has joined
a Palestinian woman´s campaign
for peace by taking one
million candles to Gaza on the
Valentine´s Day to send the message
of love and peace across
the world.
VICE President Joseph
Biden told a European
security conference on
Saturday that it was "time
to press the reset button"
and revisit the many areas
where the United States
and Russia can work
together. On Sunday.
OFFERING hard, cold cash to
smokers to spur them to stop
their unhealthy habit helps
more people give up cigarettes,
new research finds.
The study, published in the
February 12 issue of the New England
Journal of Medicine.
The Justice
and Equality Movement (JEM) here
on Thursday agreed to cooperate
with Qatar towards the development
of Darfur and lauded the role
played by the Emir His Highness
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani.
The dusty winds lashing the city since Wednesday morning, forced school administrations on Thursday to cancel outdoor activities and keep students indoors. In most Indian schools, attendance was below par and even those who ventured to school.
Qatar Telecom (Qtel) said on Thursday its 3G network in Qatar has been upgraded to one of the most advanced national networks in the region, with the activation of High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA).
The Speedcar Asia Series has so far seen three races and three different winners. It now remains to be seen whether the third round at the Losail International Circuit will produce a new winner or not.
When Maggie
Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard
started coming to the Classic
Stage Company in the East Village
a few weeks ago to begin rehearsals
for Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, they
were surprised, marginally flattered.
The Virginia Commonwealth University-Qatar (VCUQ) organised a film night for students and public about the Iranian Revolution in 1978 under the title ´Persepolis´, on Thursday. According to VCUQ Assistant Professor of Graphic Design Tim Wilkerson, who gave an extensive preview of the movie, it is an autobiography of the Iranian director Marjianne Satrapi who witnessed the revolution in her childhood and suffered from dislocation due to migration as an adult. The animation film.
The Ministry of Culture, Art and Heritage will organise a conference on February 15 on ´Language and Identity´ with the participation of many Arab scholars and sociologists. The event was announced on Thursday during a press conference here by a member of the conference organising committee, Marzouq Bashir Marzouq. Sociologists and linguistics form Egypt, Syria, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and UAE will speak about the role of families, education institutions .
Shalimar Group´s new multi cuisine restaurant will open here on Friday. Named Shalimar Palace Durbar and located near New World Centre, it will be an ideal choice for vegetarian and non vegetarian Indian foods, TK Kunjabdullah, general manager of Shalimar Group said. The inauguration ceremony slated for 4 pm is expected to be attended by prominent Indian community leaders. "We began the business in 2007 by collecting small amounts from very ordinary people. We never compromised .
China´s state-owned aluminium firm Chinalco on Thursday unveiled Beijing´s biggest investment ever in a foreign company, putting 19.5 billion dollars into troubled mining giant Rio Tinto. The two companies said the "strategic partnership" would give Chinalco stakes in mining assets as well as bonds convertible to Rio shares, which could eventually raise its overall stake in Rio to at least 15 percent. But the move, which would give China more leverage.
Merrill Lynch quietly paid out at least one million dollars bonus each to about 700 top executive even when the investment house was bleeding with losses last year, a probe has revealed. They were part of 3.6 billion dollars in the firm´s bonus payments in December before the announcement of its fourth quarterly losses and takeover by Bank of America, the investigation by the New York state Attorney General´s office showed.
The wife of disgraced money manager Bernard Madoff withdrew more than $15 million from a firm co-owned by her husband — including $10 million on the day their children turned her husband over to authorities for overseeing an alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme, the top securities regulator in Massachusetts said on Wednesday. Secretary of State William Galvin said Ruth Madoff, 67, withdrew $5.5 million on November 25 and $10 million on December 10.
My Qi-Meritus. Mahara´s new and talented driver Alvaro Parente is eager to make his impression on the GP2 Series. The Portuguese reached Doha in time for the fourth round of the Asia Series at the Losail International Circuit after undertaking a journey more than 18-hour-long journey by road and air. Driving since he was seven, Parente is a hardcore driver, having won the British Formula 3 and World Series by Renault titles.
World No.1 Rafael Nadal made life difficult as he missed early chances before finally overcoming Simone Bolelli 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 to reach the second round of the ABNAMRO World Tennis tournament. Top seed Nadal, who lost in the second round at the event a year ago, spent two and a half hours on Wednesday against Bolelli, failing to earn an early break in the opening set and missing on a 40-0 opportunity in the second. But sheer determination saw the Spaniard through 10 days.
The Utah Jazz showed they´re a pretty tough team to beat even without two of their top players. Deron Williams had 31 points with 11 assists, Mehmet Okur scored 22, including the goahead three-pointer with 42.8 seconds left and the Jazz snapped the Los Angeles Lakers´ seven-game winning streak with a thrilling 113-109 victory on Wednesday night. "It´s a great win for us going into the All-Star break, it´s a confidence builder," Williams said.
The not-so-funny funniest moment in The Pink Panther 2, the second installment of the beloved franchise since its resurrection three years ago with Steve Martin as the vainglorious, bumbling French inspector Jacques Clouseau, takes place at the Vatican. The pope has just had a priceless ruby ring snatched off his finger by a thief who has already stolen the Magna Carta, the Japanese imperial sword and the Shroud of Turin. As a so-called dream team of investigators from Britain .
Priyadarshan´s Billu is about an ordinary man´s extra-ordinary life. The film has Irrfan Khan in the title role while Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan makes a guest appearance in the comedy. Earlier titled Billu Barber, the film is now called Billu as it fell prey to controversies by the Hairdresser´s Association of Mumbai for hurting their sentiments with its title - a week before its release. Billu is said to be a remake of the hugely successful Malayalam film Kadha Parayumbol in 2007.
Actor Zac Efron is keen to take some time out from his hectic schedule and travel incognito. Thesun.co.uk reports that it would be impossible for Efron to remain unnoticed because of his fans. He said: "Sure, I´d love to take a year off and travel the world under the radar. Iwould love to do it really low key. I wouldn´t need to stay in fancy hotels or anything; I just want to explore - but I don´t know how I´d do it. Would I shavemy head to try and go incognito?
Pakistan acknowledged for the first
time on Thursday that the Mumbai
terrorist attacks were launched from
its shores and at least partly plotted
on its soil. Interior Ministry chief
Rehman Malik also said...
Democratic leaders in the US Senate
and House of Representatives
worked on Thursday toward wrapping
up passage of a $789 billion economic
stimulus bill by week’s end.
The Virginia Commonwealth University-Qatar (VCUQ) organised a film night for students and public about the Iranian Revolution in 1978 under the title ´Persepolis´, on Thursday. According to VCUQ Assistant Professor of Graphic Design Tim Wilkerson, who gave an extensive preview of the movie, it is an autobiography of the Iranian director Marjianne Satrapi who witnessed the revolution in her childhood and suffered from dislocation due to migration as an adult. The animation film.
The Ministry of Culture, Art and Heritage will organise a conference on February 15 on ´Language and Identity´ with the participation of many Arab scholars and sociologists. The event was announced on Thursday during a press conference here by a member of the conference organising committee, Marzouq Bashir Marzouq. Sociologists and linguistics form Egypt, Syria, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and UAE will speak about the role of families, education institutions . 
Shalimar Group´s new multi cuisine restaurant will open here on Friday. Named Shalimar Palace Durbar and located near New World Centre, it will be an ideal choice for vegetarian and non vegetarian Indian foods, TK Kunjabdullah, general manager of Shalimar Group said. The inauguration ceremony slated for 4 pm is expected to be attended by prominent Indian community leaders. "We began the business in 2007 by collecting small amounts from very ordinary people. We never compromised . 
China´s state-owned aluminium firm Chinalco on Thursday unveiled Beijing´s biggest investment ever in a foreign company, putting 19.5 billion dollars into troubled mining giant Rio Tinto. The two companies said the "strategic partnership" would give Chinalco stakes in mining assets as well as bonds convertible to Rio shares, which could eventually raise its overall stake in Rio to at least 15 percent. But the move, which would give China more leverage.
Merrill Lynch quietly paid out at least one million dollars bonus each to about 700 top executive even when the investment house was bleeding with losses last year, a probe has revealed. They were part of 3.6 billion dollars in the firm´s bonus payments in December before the announcement of its fourth quarterly losses and takeover by Bank of America, the investigation by the New York state Attorney General´s office showed. 
The wife of disgraced money manager Bernard Madoff withdrew more than $15 million from a firm co-owned by her husband — including $10 million on the day their children turned her husband over to authorities for overseeing an alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme, the top securities regulator in Massachusetts said on Wednesday. Secretary of State William Galvin said Ruth Madoff, 67, withdrew $5.5 million on November 25 and $10 million on December 10. 
My Qi-Meritus. Mahara´s new and talented driver Alvaro Parente is eager to make his impression on the GP2 Series. The Portuguese reached Doha in time for the fourth round of the Asia Series at the Losail International Circuit after undertaking a journey more than 18-hour-long journey by road and air. Driving since he was seven, Parente is a hardcore driver, having won the British Formula 3 and World Series by Renault titles. 
World No.1 Rafael Nadal made life difficult as he missed early chances before finally overcoming Simone Bolelli 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 to reach the second round of the ABNAMRO World Tennis tournament. Top seed Nadal, who lost in the second round at the event a year ago, spent two and a half hours on Wednesday against Bolelli, failing to earn an early break in the opening set and missing on a 40-0 opportunity in the second. But sheer determination saw the Spaniard through 10 days. 
The Utah Jazz showed they´re a pretty tough team to beat even without two of their top players. Deron Williams had 31 points with 11 assists, Mehmet Okur scored 22, including the goahead three-pointer with 42.8 seconds left and the Jazz snapped the Los Angeles Lakers´ seven-game winning streak with a thrilling 113-109 victory on Wednesday night. "It´s a great win for us going into the All-Star break, it´s a confidence builder," Williams said. 
The not-so-funny funniest moment in The Pink Panther 2, the second installment of the beloved franchise since its resurrection three years ago with Steve Martin as the vainglorious, bumbling French inspector Jacques Clouseau, takes place at the Vatican. The pope has just had a priceless ruby ring snatched off his finger by a thief who has already stolen the Magna Carta, the Japanese imperial sword and the Shroud of Turin. As a so-called dream team of investigators from Britain .
Priyadarshan´s Billu is about an ordinary man´s extra-ordinary life. The film has Irrfan Khan in the title role while Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan makes a guest appearance in the comedy. Earlier titled Billu Barber, the film is now called Billu as it fell prey to controversies by the Hairdresser´s Association of Mumbai for hurting their sentiments with its title - a week before its release. Billu is said to be a remake of the hugely successful Malayalam film Kadha Parayumbol in 2007.
Actor Zac Efron is keen to take some time out from his hectic schedule and travel incognito. Thesun.co.uk reports that it would be impossible for Efron to remain unnoticed because of his fans. He said: "Sure, I´d love to take a year off and travel the world under the radar. Iwould love to do it really low key. I wouldn´t need to stay in fancy hotels or anything; I just want to explore - but I don´t know how I´d do it. Would I shavemy head to try and go incognito? 
Pakistan acknowledged for the first
time on Thursday that the Mumbai
terrorist attacks were launched from
its shores and at least partly plotted
on its soil. Interior Ministry chief
Rehman Malik also said...
Democratic leaders in the US Senate
and House of Representatives
worked on Thursday toward wrapping
up passage of a $789 billion economic
stimulus bill by week’s end.
